Raspberry Metallic

Raspberry Metallic is a deep, dark berry-red metallic in the claret-to-crimson range — code 83E (also documented as L83E) renders a color that the 911UK forum describes as a red so rare it makes Riviera Blue look like mass production, in a thread noting it was originally the launch color for the 928 GTS before appearing as a special-order finish on the 993. The hex (#8E2344) confirms a color firmly in the dark magenta-red range — distinctly purple-red in character, closer to wine or blackcurrant than to a conventional automotive red, with the metallic shimmer revealing the complexity of the pigment mix in direct light. Cross-reference data confirms the color on the 911 Carrera, 928, 964, 968, and 993 in the 1993–1994 timeframe, placing it in the early 964-to-993 transition era when Porsche was offering an unusually adventurous palette of special metallic colors alongside the standard range. Its connection to the 928 GTS launch gives it a specific prestige association — the 928 GTS was Porsche's flagship grand tourer at its peak, and a launch color for such a model carries weight. Confirmed 993 Carrera examples in this color are described by specialists as extraordinarily rare, and the color is coveted by collectors precisely because it sits so far outside the expected Porsche red palette.